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ITHACA COLLEGE

ITHACA BOMBERS GYMNASTICS 

Campus Information 

Location 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, N.Y. 

Enrollment 6,400 

Founded 1892 

President Thomas R. Rochon 

Nickname Bombers 

Colors Blue and Gold 

Affiliation NCAA Division III 

Conference Empire 8 

Home Field Carp Wood Field 

Division of Athletics 

Head Gymnastics Coach Rick Suddaby 

Phone (607) 274-3148 

E-mail 

Director of 

rsuddaby@ithaca.edu 

Intercollegiate Athletics Ken Kutler 

Phone 

Associate Director of 

(607) 274-3209 

Intercollegiate Athletics Mike Lindberg 

Phone 

Assistant Director of 

(607) 274-3199 

Intercollegiate Athletics Ernie McClatchie 

Phone (607) 274-5708 

Senior Woman Administrator Deb Pallozzi 

Phone 

Operations and 

(607) 274-1270 

Events Coordinator Andrea McClatchie 

Phone (607) 274-3793 

Supervisor of Athletic Trainers Kent Scriber 

Phone (607) 274-3178 

Sports Information Director Mike Warwick 

Phone (607) 274-1401 

E-mail 

Assistant Sports 

mwarwick@ithaca.edu 

Information Director Joe Gladziszewski 

Phone (607) 274-3825 

E-mail 

Assistant Sports 

jgladziszewski@ithaca.edu 

Information Director Chris Lewis 

Phone (607) 274-5124 

Sports Information Fax 

College Information 

(607) 274-1671 

Egbert Hall (607) 274-3011 

Admissions Office (607) 274-3124 

Job Hall (800) 429-4274 

Financial Aid Office (607) 274-3131 

Campus Center (800) 429-4275 

College Web Page www.ithaca.edu 

Athletics Web Page bombers.ithaca.edu 

Information / Contents 

Contents 

Program History ......................... 2-4 

Year-By-Year Results .....................2 

NCGA All-Americans ......................3 

Gymnastics Champions ................4 

Academic Honors ...........................4 

Coaching Staff ................................5 

Bomber Coaching Records ...........5 

2009 Roster .....................................6 

2009 Team Photo ............................6 

Record Scores ................................7 

Training Facility ..............................7 

Press Information 

MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA 

For information, photos, stories, statistics, and videotape highlights, 

or to arrange an interview with a coach or athlete, please contact Mike 

Warwick in the sports information office, Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y. 

14850; phone: (607) 274-1401. 

ACCESSIBILITY 

Questions about accommodation for individuals with disabilities 

should be directed to the Office of Equal Opportunity Compliance at 

(607) 274-3909 (voice), (607) 274-1767 (TDD) or bleblanc@ithaca.edu 

as much in advance of the event as possible. 

CREDITS 

This Bomber media guide is produced by the Ithaca College Office 

of Sports Information, Mike Warwick, director; Joe Gladziszewski, 

assistant director; Chris Lewis, assistant director; Donna Mosher, 

department assistant. Photographic services by Tim McKinney and 

Patricia Reynolds unless otherwise indicated. 

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One of Ithaca’s most successful intercollegiate athletic 

programs, the gymnastics team has achieved great 

results at the state, regional and national levels. In 37 

seasons, the Bombers have won three state titles, 12 ECAC 

crowns and—in the program’s most successful season— 

the 1998 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association 

(NCGA) championship. 

Success started early for Ithaca and inaugural coach 

Harriet (Carnes) Marranca. In their second varsity season, 

the Bombers went 6-3 and recorded a third-place showing 

at the 1969 Division II Association of Intercollegiate 

Athletics for Women (AIAW) championship. A year later 

Ithaca won the program’s first state title. The 1971 team, 

which finished as state runner-up, posted wins over Penn 

State and Pitt. 

The Bombers recorded winning records in eight of 

the next 10 seasons behind top performers like Eleanor 

“Winky” Ward and Linda Johnson. Ward set school records 

in the vault and uneven bars and won a state title in the 

vault. Johnson held the school record in the all-around for 

four years. 

The 1981 team won the program’s second state 

championship behind individual title-winning 

performances by Sue Bourne (uneven bars) and Chris 

Ficken (balance beam). A year later, in Marranca’s last 

season as head coach, Ithaca placed fifth at the AIAW 

Eastern Regionals. 

Marranca, who compiled a 68-47 dual-meet record, 

became the first representative of the women’s gymnastics 

program inducted into Ithaca’s Athletic Hall of Fame 

when she was enshrined in 1999. 

Sarah Jane Clifford and Jamie Winkler, who competed 

during that era, are among the many Bombers who’ve 

gone on to successful gymnastics careers; both own gyms 

and have been active in club gymnastics. 

In her three seasons as head coach, Jackie DeSalvo 

led the Bombers to a third-place finish at the regional 

championship in 1983, a regional title a year later and the 

program’s first two Eastern College Athletic Conference 

(ECAC) championships, in 1984 and 1985, starting a streak 

of four straight ECAC crowns. The 1984 team placed 

eighth at the NCAA Division II-III championship meet 

(the Bombers were the only Division III team competing) 

after posting a school-record eight wins. Sandy Picioccio 

set school records in the vault and all-around that year. 

Another Bomber first was attained in 1985, when 

Ithaca native Lisa Gould (whose career ended after two 

years) won the individual title on the uneven bars at the 

NCAA Division II-III championships; not only was she 

the program’s first individual national champion, she was 

the first athlete from any Division III school to win an 

NCAA title at the combined Division II-III meet. 

The program’s best years have come under current 

coach Rick Suddaby. During his 24 seasons Ithaca qualified 

for the NCGA championships 22 of the 23 years the meet 

has existed, and won 11 ECAC titles while finishing third 

or better at the ECAC meet every year. 

Program History 

Sandy Picioccio 

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 

Year Record Coach NYS AIAW ECAC NCGA 

1968 2-4 Harriett Carnes 

1969 5-2 Harriett Carnes 3rd Div. II 

1970 2-3 Harriett Carnes 1st 

1971 6-1 Harriett Carnes 2nd 

1972 3-2 Harriett Carnes 4th 

1973 4-2 Harriett Carnes 3rd 

1974 5-2 Harriett Carnes 2nd 







1981 6-3 Harriett Carnes 1st 

1982 3-5 Harriett Carnes 5th EAIAW 

1983 5-4 Jackie DeSalvo 3rd Div. II/III 

1984 8-3 Jackie DeSalvo 1st 1st 

1985 5-2 Jackie DeSalvo 1st 

1986 5-7 Rick Suddaby 2nd 1st 

1987 6-2 Rick Suddaby 1st 2nd 

1988 6-12 Rick Suddaby 3rd 5th 

1989 5-10 Rick Suddaby 2nd 6th 

1990 10-5 Rick Suddaby 1st 4th 




1994 7-4 Rick Suddaby 1st 3rd 

1995 12-3 Rick Suddaby 1st 3rd 

1996 8-2-1 Rick Suddaby 2nd 8th 


1998 16-4 Rick Suddaby 1st 1st 




2002 4-8 Rick Suddaby 3rd 5th 


2004 11-10 Rick Suddaby 3rd 2nd 




2008 3-9 Rick Suddaby 6th 




In 1986 Picioccio and Cindy Chiolo became Ithaca’s 

first individual ECAC champions, with Picioccio winning 

the bars, floor exercise and all-around and Chiolo taking 

gold in the balance beam. 

The Bombers made their first appearance at the 

NCGA championships in 1987 and placed second behind 

Chiolo’s individual titles in the beam and all-around, and 

Picioccio’s national championship in the uneven bars. 

A year later Karin Curry won ECAC championships in 

the vault and floor exercise. Curry, a 2000 inductee into 

Ithaca’s Athletic Hall of Fame, became the only Bomber 

to receive the NCGA’s Outstanding Senior Athlete award. 

The 1990 team recorded the program’s first undefeated 

dual-meet record, won the ECAC championship and 

placed fourth at nationals behind a dominating season by 

Amy Appler. In her only season of collegiate competition 

(injuries sidelined her for three seasons) she won ECAC 

crowns in the vault, floor exercise and all-around and 

claimed NCGA titles in the floor exercise and all-around. 

Appler and Chiolo were inducted into the school’s Athletic 

Hall of Fame in 2005. 

Lindsay-Leigh Bartyzel was the team’s dominant 

performer through the mid-’90s. A four-time ECAC 

champion and the 1994 NCGA all-around titlist, she is the 

only gymnast to win Ithaca’s Iris Carnell Award, which is 


NCGA ALL-AMERICANS 

given to the top female athlete in the senior class. She was 

inducted into Ithaca’s Hall of Fame. 

The class of 1998—featuring all-Americans Becky 

Davis, Kathy Kowalski, Alison McClung and Jen Nardone— 

helped the Bombers to a second-place finish at the 1997 

NCGA championship and the program’s first national title 

a year later. Suddaby was named NCGA Coach of the Year 

after leading Ithaca to the 1998 national championship, 

earning the award for the second time in his career (he was 

also honored in 1994). 

Over the past 11 seasons the Bombers have won four 

more ECAC team titles, crowned five individual ECAC 

champions and 17 all-Americans while continuing to 

rewrite the record book. 

In 2004 Bomber gymnasts set school records in three 

of the four individual events and helped Ithaca become 

the first Division III school to record a team score of 

190.00 or higher. The Bombers capped the season with a 

second-place finish at the NCGA championships and were 

the national runner-up again in 2006. 

Frances Ente earned all-American honors on uneven 

bars in all four years of her collegiate career, from 2006-09, 

the second Bomber to do so on a single event. Ente was 

also named to the Academic All-America Team as a senior. 

Name (seasons) VT UB BB FX AA Total 

Lindsey Mazer (1997, 1998) 2 1 1 1 2 7 

Lindsay-Leigh Bartyzel (1994, 1995) 1 1 2 2 6 

Kelly Stevison (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) 2 1 4 6 

Frances Ente (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) 4 4 

Kristine Moore (1987, 1988) 1 1 2 4 

Jen Nardone (1996, 1998) 1 1 2 4 

Amy Appler (1990) 1 1 1 3 

JESSICA BOLDUC (2009) 1 1 1 3 

Stacey Coleman (1999, 2000) 2 1 3 

Karin Curry (1987, 1988) 1 2 3 

Alison McClung (1995, 1997, 1998) 3 3 

Cindy Chiolo (1987) 1 1 2 

Liz Horne (1997) 1 1 2 

Krystal Kaminski (2003, 2006) 2 2 

Kathy Kowalski (1995, 1998) 2 2 

Sammie Brawn (2009) 1 1 

Becky Davis (1998) 1 1 

Roxanne Deshaies (2008) 1 1 

Pam Garroway (2000) 1 1 

Jocelyn Genoa (2000) 1 1 

Valerie Ierley (2007) 1 1 

Kirstin Johnson (1990) 1 1 

Jessica Oddo (2006) 1 1 

Sandy Piciccio (1987) 1 1 

Myra Smithers (1992) 1 1 

KAILEE SPUSTA (2008) 1 1 

Colleen Teal (1991) 1 1 



GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONS 

Year Name ECAC NCGA 

1985-86 Cindy Chiolo BB 

Sandy Piciccio UB/FX/AA 

1986-87 Cindy Chiolo AA/BB 

Mary Gregg FX 

Sandy Piciccio UB 

1987-88 Karin Curry VT/FX 

1989-90 Amy Appler AA/VT/FX AA/FX 

1991-92 Colleen Teal FX 

1992-93 Nicole Pelletier BB 

1993-94 Lindsay-Leigh Bartyzel AA AA 

Laurie Gilman UB 

1994-95 Lindsay-Leigh Bartyzel AA/VT/FX 

Caren Cioffi BB 

Kathy Kowalski BB 

1996-97 Lindsey Broich FX 

Lindsey Mazer AA FX 

Jen Nardone BB 

1997-98 Lindsey Mazer AA/UB AA/VT 

Jen Nardone BB/VT 

1999-2000 Jocelyn Genoa UB 

Erin Kahler FX 

2002-03 Krystal Kaminski VT 

2003-04 Stephanie Smith VT 

Kelly Stevison VT 

Year Name Honor 

1987 Sandy Picioccio NCGA 

1990 Karin Curry NCGA 

NYSWCAA 

Gwenn Grushkin NCGA 

Susie Porton NCGA 

1991 Kirstin Johnson NCGA 

NYSWCAA 

1993 Kelly Kinane NCGA 

Colleen Teal NCGA 

1994 Michelle Black NCGA 

1996 Lindsay-Leigh Bartzel NCGA 

Caren Cioffi NCGA 

1997 Kristina Rinaldi NCGA 

1998 Becky Davis NCGA 

Kristen Hovland NCGA 

Kathy Kowalski NCGA 

Alison McClung NCGA 

Jen Nardone NCGA 

1999 Judy Skupsky NCGA 

2001 Stacey Coleman NCGA 

Melissa Kucich NCGA 

Erin Kahler NCGA 

Kelly Moran NCGA 


ACADEMIC HONORS 


2002 Amy Hanson NCGA 

Sabrina Kuhn NCGA 

Celia Moore NCGA 

2003 Andrea Cunningham NCGA 

Carly O’Brien NCGA 

Heidi Sanderson NCGA 

Caitlin Worth NCGA 

2004 Elena DeQuesada NCGA 

Rachel Edelson NCGA 

Leslie Gelatt NCGA 

Sue Lawall NCGA 

Teri Nelson NCGA 

Lindsay Troilo NCGA 

2005 Heather Block NCGA 

Devon Malcolm NCGA 

Nancy Patterson NCGA 

2006 Krystal Kaminski NCGA 

Jessica Rosenberg NCGA 

Kelly Stevison CoSIDA 

2007 Crescent Danziger NCGA 

Stephanie Gilson NCGA 

Kelly Stevison NCGA 

CoSIDA 

Chelsie Veilleux NCGA 

Ren Walczak NCGA 

Amy Appler 


2008 Devon Birek NCGA 

Samantha Facini NCGA 

Valerie Ierley NCGA 

Jessica Oddo NCGA 

Kelly Whiffen NCGA 

2009 Sammie Brawn NCGA 

Roxanne Deshaies NCGA 

Frances Ente NCGA 

CoSIDA 

NCGA All-Academic Team 

NYSWCAA Scholar-Athlete 

CoSIDA Academic All-America Team 



RICK SUDDABY 

Head Coach 

Suddaby, a two-time NCGA Coach of the Year, is entering his 25th year as Ithaca’s head gymnastics 

coach. Last year he led the team to its 22nd trip to the National College Gymnastics Association 

(NCGA) meet in its 23-year history. Under Suddaby, Ithaca has recorded nine top-four finishes at the 

NCGA meet and 23 top-three finishes at the ECAC Championships. 

Suddaby was a two-time national qualifier in gymnastics and captain of Cortland’s 1979 NCAA 

championship team. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Cortland and served as women’s 

gymnastics coach for one season. Suddaby served as head coach at Fayetteville-Manlius High School 

before coming to Ithaca. In 1994 he was inducted into the Otis E. Sennit Baldwinsville Athletic Hall of 

Fame. He was inducted into Cortland’s Hall of Fame in 2009. 

Five Ithaca gymnasts have won nine individual NCGA championships, 22 have claimed a total of 59 

all-American honors and 40 have received NCGA all-academic recognition with Suddaby at the helm. 

In 1997 he participated in an NCAA Youth Education through Sports (YES) gymnastics clinic at the 

University of Florida. 

ALI CLAUSEN 

Graduate Assistant Coach 

Clausen joins the Ithaca staff as a 

graduate assistant coach for the 2010 

season. A 2009 graduate of Hamline, 

Clausen was a four-year member of the 

gymnastics team and a team captain as 

a senior. She competed twice on vault 

for Hamline at the NCGA Championship 

Meet. 

ALI CLAUSEN 

Coaching Staff 

KIM SUDDABY 

Assistant Coach 

Suddaby is in her 16th year as an assistant 

coach at Ithaca. She has a long background in 

gymnastics, including a term as the head women’s 

coach at Cortland from 1988 to 1990. She received 

the ECAC’s inaugural Assistant Coach of the Year 

award in 2003. Suddaby also served as an assistant 

gymnastics coach at Cornell. 

A team captain and gymnastics all-American 

on the balance beam at Cortland, Suddaby earned 

her undergraduate and graduate degrees from 

that school. She also teaches physical education at 

Watkins Glen Middle School. 

KERI LEE 

Assistant Coach 

Lee is in her fifth year as a member 

of the Bomber coaching staff. 

She has extensive gymnastics 

experience, including three years 

as an assistant coach at Gymkhana 

Gymnastics in Pittsburgh. She was 

also an instructor at Fingerlakes 

Gymnastics Academy and JaNar 

Gymnastis. A former diver at 

Ithaca, she graduated in 1999. 

Lee received her doctorate from 

Pittsburgh in 2004. 

BOMBER COACHING RECORDS 

RICK SUDDABY 

Name (Seasons) Years Won Lost Tied Win Pct. 

RICK SUDDABY (1986-present) 24 220 137 1 .616 

Harriett Carnes (1967-82) 15 67 48 0 .583 

Jackie DeSalvo (1982-85) 3 18 9 0 .667 

Totals 42 305 194 1 .611 

Dual-meet records only 

KIM SUDDABY 

KERI LEE 



Name Events Class High School/Prep Hometown 

BOECKEL, Kloe All-Around Fr. St. Pius X Gilbertsville, Pa. 

* BOLDUC, Jessica All-Around So. Darien Darien, Conn. 

* CALLAHAN, Kimberly Balance Beam So. Rockland Rockland, Mass. 

* CLEARY, Caitlin Vault / Floor Jr. Pinkerton Academy Derry, N.H. 

DIRMAIER, Kimmy Vault / Floor Fr. Essex South Burlington, Vt. 

** FERRONE, Lauren Balance Beam Jr. Whitesboro Utica 

* GILREIN, Taryn Vault / Beam / Floor Jr. Shepherd Hill Regional Charlton, Mass. 

* GORDON, Kay All-Around So. Summit Breckenridge, Colo. 

*** GRABER, Emily Vault / Bars / Floor Sr. Smithtown St. James 

GRUBE, Tiffany All-Around So. Lindenhurst Lindenhurst 

** LAMENSDORF, Rachel All-Around Jr. Mount Sinai Mount Sinai 

** MARCOUX, Lauren All-Around Jr. Glastonbury S. Glastonbury, Conn. 

* MOROCH, Lauren All-Around So. Bishop George Ahr Matawan, N.J. 

ROBERTS, Erin Vault / Floor Fr. Downingtown West Downingtown, Pa. 

ROBIE, Chelsea All-Around Fr. Batt Private School Hobe Sound, Fla. 

SAMPSON, Katie All-Around Fr. Erindale Secondary Mississauga, Ontario 

** SPUSTA, Kailee Vault / Floor Jr. Palmyra-Macedon Macedon 

*** SULLIVAN, Brianne Beam / Floor Sr. Schuylerville Gansevoort 

*** TAYLOR, Rachel Vault / Bars / Floor Sr. San Pasqual Escondido, Calif. 

WHIFFEN, SamanthaVault / Bars / Floor So. Sharon Sharon, Mass. 

* Letters won (13 letter winners returning) 

Head Coach: Rick Suddaby 

Assistant Coaches: Ali Clausen, Keri Lee, Kim Suddaby, 

Captains: Emily Graber, Brianne Sullivan, Rachel Taylor 

2009 Roster 

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All-Time Record Scores 

Ithaca trains and competes in the Hill Center Gymnasium and hosts the annual Harriet Marranca Memorial Invitational. 

ALL-AROUND 

No. Name (Year) Event Score 

1. Lindsey Mazer (1998) at NCGA Championships 38.225 

2. Kelly Stevison (2007) at ECAC Championships 37.925 

3. Aubree Lewis (2005) Harriet Marranca 37.925 

4. Jocelyn Genoa (2002) at Springfield 37.550 

5. Jen Nardone (1998) vs. West Chester 37.275 

VAULT 


1. Crescent Danziger (2004) at Brown 9.750 

Kelly Stevison (2006) at NCGA Championships 9.750 

3. Lindsey Mazer (1998) at NCGA Championships 9.650 

4. Chelsie Veilleux (2004) at Cornell 9.600 

5. Elena DeQuesada (2004) at Cornell 9.575 

UNEVEN BARS 


1. FRANCES ENTE (2006) at NCGA Championships 9.600 

2. Jocelyn Genoa (2000) at ECAC Championships 9.600 

3. Kelly Stevison (2007) vs. Rhode Island College 9.575 

4. ROXANNE DeSHAIES (2007) at Cortland 9.550 

5. Chelsie Veilleux (2004) at ECAC Championships 9.525 

TEAM SCORE RECORDS 

Five-Person Scoring System 

All-Around: 190.45; at Cornell, 2004 

Vault: 46.575; at West Chester, 2003 

Uneven Bars: 46.2; at Brockport, 2002 

Balance Beam: 47.075; at Harriet Marranca, 2001 

Floor Exercise: 48.175; at Springfield, 2002 

BALANCE BEAM 


1. Stephanie Smith (2004) at Cornell 9.800 

T2. Stacey Coleman (2001) Harriet Marranca 9.675 

Kelly Moran (2001) Harriet Marranca 9.675 

T4. Stephanie Gilson (2004) at Cornell 9.650 

Jen Nardone (1995) vs. Springfield 9.650 

FLOOR EXERCISE 


T1. Kelly Stevison (2004) at NCGA Championships 9.850 

Crescent Danziger (2004) at NCGA Championships 9.850 

T3. Leslie Gelatt (2002) at Springfield 9.800 

Chelsie Veilleux (2002) at NCGA Championships 9.800 

5. Stephanie Smith (2003) at Cornell 9.775

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